Galicia Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is really good, being tasty without being over spiced."
• "Grilled sardines definitely a delight!"
• "The food tastes beautiful, one of the best I've been too."
• "The food was excellent, full of flavour."
• "Really good quality Spanish food!! Very tasty!!"
• "The food was lovely and delicious."
• "The food delicious will again be our regular haunt."

Cons:

• "Everything that we ordered was untasty, langustines were expecially bad."
• "Overall we found the service very poor and the food was a let down."
• "Shellfish in paella was overcooked and flavours were pretty down."
• "The flavors were mediocre."
• "Food was just about average, if that. Got 4 different dishes and didn't like any."
• "The food was very bad, it had no flavor and not even salt."
• "It was horrible experience two of the dishes were cold and disgusting, very rude staff."

Service

Pros:

• "Quick service, good food, good drinks and the staff are friendly."
• "Personnel is very knowledgeable, helpful, energetic and smiling."
• "The staff were friendly and very professional."
• "The staff are great and the food is amazing!"
• "Service was excellent. Food was fast and tasty."
• "Fantasticly speedy service with attentive, friendly staff."
• "Staff give quick service, are extremely knowledgeable, and make great recommendations."

Cons:

• "Came for a quick lunch to meet my daughter, but in end, couldn't stay due to the fact that the restaurant hasn't got air conditioning or even fans."
• "Service is incredibly slow when they're busy, especially for drinks."
• "Service needs attention to detail, sat with an empty glass for too long, had to ask for another."
• "Service was very slow, food was very poor."
• "One of the worst staff I have ever seen in a restaurant. Very rude, unprofessional, inattentive people."
• "No one came to clear our table even after 30mins of waiting."
• "Asked 3 different staff if they could take our order and each one said no they could not so after 30mins not even a drink was served so got up and left."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The ambiance is very welcoming and charming."
• "Very good vibe."
• "The dining area is bright and I was transported to Spain (kind of) by the aesthetics."
• "Nice atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere was really nice which felt fun, lively and energetic."
• "The atmosphere very friendly and even other customers joined in with the enjoyable evening."
• "A buzzing restaurant that made me feel like I'd been transported back to Barcelona!"

Cons:

• "A bit to loud inside."
• "Unpleasant background music, decor not that attractive - actually a really unpleasant place to be in."
• "Absolutely chaotic and loud."
• "The main issue was that it felt like I was trying to snatch mouthfuls of tapas in between playing a game of Laser Quest in a smoky maze packed with shouting teenagers and intense house music."
• "The environment went from feeling like a nice restaurant to a mans-cave as there was only men in there."
• "Too noisy and poor customer service."
• "There were 2 large birthday parties near where we sat who were really really loud and it did spoil it for us."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Great value for money."
• "Even with a couple of drinks the bill came to less than £40."
• "Best quality and best value for money tapas I’ve ever had outside Spain."
• "The price is great value for what you get."
• "The price is awesome as well for the service you get."
• "Fantastic lunch time deal. 2 tapas and a drink for 12 quid!"
• "Recommended for the great food and value for money."

Cons:

• "Astonished by how much it was considering the food was so bad."
• "For the flavor of the food, I think it was pricey."
• "Spent £71 and the food was disgusting."
• "But £98 for 6 tapas dishes. 5 drinks and £6 for TWO scoops of ice cream for my kids is disgusting."
• "The prices shot up a bit as well."
• "We paid almost £40 per person."
• "It's a shame they changed their menu a bit recently as some of my favourites have changed but otherwise still good."

Portion Size

Pros:

• "The portions are bigger than any other Spanish restaurants I have been in London."
• "big portion compares to other tapas places."
• "The portions were much bigger than what we expected for a tapas place so we ended up with too much food."
• "All of it was delicious, and the portions were big."
• "The food was excellent, very generous portions."
• "The portions were huge and not at all overpriced."
• "Brilliant food with generous portions."

Cons:

• "The portions are a decent size and the variation in the menu is broad good for large groups."
• "Just be aware that the tapas portions are relatively large compared to most other tapas restaurants."
• "The food was amazing and portions were more than expected."
• "Everything was cooked perfectly. the seafood was butterie texture."
• "It's a lot of people in one time, inside."
• "Food was nice but all these people writing how authentic it is can't have eaten tapas in Spain."
• "The only downside is that the food is so good, the restaurant is very popular and there may be a wait for a table... but the wait will be worth it."